Of all the therapeutic modalities in force today, none shows greater promise for dramatic personal change than the fast-growing field of family therapy. Yet no discipline is more lacking in a unified theoretical framework. Now, in this brilliant new work, Lynn Hoffman, noted therapist and, with Jay[...]

From swashbuckling pirates and Caribbean sugar plantations to rum punch and trendy tiki bars, rum is one of our best loved and most historic liquors. "The Short Course in Rum" began, naturally, as a look at noble, fragrant, complex, wood-aged rum: the type of liquor that's served in snifters and con[...]

This book describes and analyses two dialogic network practices: 'Open Dialogues' - developed for use in psychiatric crisis situations - and 'Anticipation Dialogues' - used in less acute situations such as multi-agency muddles where the helper systems are stuck. The book is both theoretical and deta[...]